“children of liberal anti-football parents are playing it by the tens of thousands.”
Some parents don’t see a point in having their sons break bones in a pile of sweaty men (with injuries that can stay with them for the rest of their lives), when they can get a great cardiovascular workout (without resting on the bench between sets of downs). Some soccer fans think the NFL is for ghetto thugs...
(Crouching deeper into foxhole)
Actually, it sounds as if a mother is training a son to be afraid of competition and sport, and perhaps it would be a good thing for her to crouch deeper into a foxhole.